ב ס " ד P A R S H A T K O R A C H Cha PbI R KaE I d A V O TN C HD. 4 G C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R 6058 Sherbrooke West, NDG QC H4A 1Y1 | 514.507.8800 | www.JewishNDG.com | [email protected] www.NDGRaffle.com COMMUNITY NEWS TAMMUZ 1 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Yarin Naogoaker, Batya Vennor Wilmott, Noah Verret, Bev Shimansky, Tali Lasker, Logan Altman, Brenden Brecher, Suzy Ganon, FRIDAY JUNe 11 Sandra Salesas, Michael Ohayoun, Miriam Leah Gammal, Rachel-Alia Katz, Tanya Smith Margolese, Asher Brummel, Jerry Cytryn, Ari Blaustein, 8:00 pm - Friday Night Prayers Sabrina Bensimhon, Yossi Halperin, and Dana Kean 8:25pm - Light Shabbat Candles YAHRTZEIT Jason Issley TAMMUZ 2 This week's Kiddush is sponsored by Yossi & Rochel Rodin in honour of their move to Montreal. 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We will share inspiration that we gleaned from The Rebbe and his teachings. KORACH FOURTH ALIYAH G‑D INSTRUCTS MOSES AND AARON: "SEPARATE YOURSELVES FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND I WILL DESTROY THEM IN AN INSTANT." AND INDEED, A PLAGUE STRUCK THE NATION, AND MANY THOUSANDS WERE DYING. MOSES TELLS AARON TO QUICKLY TAKE A FIREPAN WITH INCENSE AND GO INTO THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION AND ATONE FOR THEIR SIN. AARON DOES SO. HE STANDS FIRST ALIYAH "BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD," AND THE PLAGUE IS HALTED. KORACH, MOSES' FIRST COUSIN, STAGES A REBELLION AGAINST MOSES AND AARON. TOGETHER WITH A FEW RINGLEADERS, HE GATHERS 250 MEN OF RENOWN AND FIFTH ALIYAH ACCUSES MOSES AND AARON OF POWER HOARDING. "THE ENTIRE CONGREGATION IS HOLY, AND THE L-RD IS THIS SECTION DESCRIBES THE "TEST OF THE IN THEIR MIDST. SO WHY DO YOU RAISE YOURSELVES STAFFS." G‑D TELLS MOSES TO TAKE A STAFF FROM ABOVE THE L-RD'S ASSEMBLY?" THEY TOOK SPECIFIC EACH OF THE TWELVE TRIBES, WITH THE NAME OF ISSUE WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF AARON AS HIGH EACH TRIBE'S PRINCE WRITTEN UPON THEIR STAFF. PRIEST. MOSES PROPOSES THAT ON THE FOLLOWING DAY ANOTHER STAFF WAS TAKEN TO REPRESENT THE THEY ALL PARTICIPATE IN A TEST WHICH WOULD TRIBE OF LEVI, AND AARON'S NAME WAS WRITTEN DETERMINE WHO INDEED WAS WORTHY OF THE MANTLE ON THAT STAFF. THESE STAFFS WERE PLACED OF HIGH PRIEST. EVERYONE WOULD BRING AN INCENSE OVERNIGHT IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES CHAMBER OF OFFERING TO THE TABERNACLE, AND G D WOULD MAKE ‑ THE TABERNACLE. NEXT MORNING THEY WERE KNOWN HIS CHOICE FOR HIGH PRIEST. MOSES THEN REMOVED, AND MIRACULOUSLY AARON'S STAFF TRIES TO PLACATE THE REBELLIOUS GROUP, HAD BUDDED WITH ALMOND BLOSSOMS AND UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTING TO DISSUADE THEM ALMONDS. THIS WAS FURTHER PROOF THAT AARON FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS SUICIDAL TEST WAS G‑D'S CHOICE FOR HIGH PRIEST. SIXTH ALIYAH SECOND ALIYAH G‑D COMMANDS MOSES TO RETURN "AARON'S MOSES PLEADS WITH G‑D NOT TO ACCEPT THE INCENSE STAFF" TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES, WHERE IT IS TO OFFERING OF THE REBELLIOUS GROUP. KORACH SPENDS REMAIN FOR PERPETUITY. THE JEWS EXPRESS TO THE NIGHT INCITING THE JEWS AGAINST MOSES, AND MOSES THEIR FEAR OF MISTAKENLY ENTERING A GATHERS THEM ALL TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE RESTRICTED AREA OF THE TABERNACLE, AND TABERNACLE TO WITNESS THE GRAND SPECTACLE. G‑D' S DYING AS A RESULT. IN RESPONSE, G‑D COMMANDS GLORY APPEARS. THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES TO CAREFULLY GUARD THE TABERNACLE, TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY BY NON-PRIESTS. THE TORAH THEN LISTS THE VARIOUS GIFTS TO WHICH THE PRIESTS WERE ENTITLED. THESE INCLUDE THE PRIVILEGE OF EATING CERTAIN THIRD ALIYAH SACRIFICES, AS WELL AS SELECT PORTIONS OF OTHER SACRIFICES; RECEIVING THE FIVE SHEKELS FOR THE REDEMPTION OF ISRAELITE FIRSTBORN G D IS ANGERED BY THE JEWS' ASSOCIATION WITH ‑ SONS; A PORTION OF ALL GRAIN, OIL, AND WINE KORACH, AND WISHES TO DESTROY THEM. MOSES CROPS; THE "FIRST FRUIT"; AND MORE. AARON IS AND AARON PRAY ON THE JEWS' BEHALF AND THE INFORMED THAT HIS DESCENDENTS WILL NOT DECREE IS AVERTED. THE EARTH OPENS UP AND RECEIVE A PORTION IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL— SWALLOWS KORACH AND HIS FAMILY, AND A INSTEAD, G‑D IS THEIR INHERITANCE AND PORTION. HEAVENLY FIRE CONSUMES THE REST OF THE 250 REBELS. MOSES INSTRUCTS AARON'S SON ELAZAR TO RETRIEVE THE FRYING PANS WHICH WERE USED FOR THE INCENSE OFFERING, TO FLATTEN THEM AND SEVENTH ALIYAH PLATE THE ALTAR WITH THEM—A VISIBLE DETERRENT FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO EVER WISHES TO THE LEVITES, TOO, WILL NOT RECEIVE A SHARE OF CHALLENGE AARON'S PRIESTHOOD. THE NEXT DAY, THE LAND OF ISRAEL. INSTEAD THEY ARE ENTITLED THE COMMUNITY COMPLAINS THAT MOSES AND TO A TENTH OF ALL THE ISRAELITES' CROPS—THIS AARON ARE TO BE BLAMED FOR THE DEATHS OF IN RETURN FOR THE TABERNACLE "G‑D'S PEOPLE." AND TEMPLE SERVICES WHICH THEY RENDER. UPON RECEIVING THIS TITHE, THE LEVITES MUST, IN TURN, SEPARATE A TENTH OF THIS TITHE AND GIVE IT TO THE PRIESTS. HAFTORAH IN A NUTSHELL I SAMUEL 11:14-12:22 The prophet Samuel (a descendant of Korach, the protagonist of this week's Torah portion) gathers the Jews to firmly install Saul as king of Israel. During the course of his address to the Jews he called out, "Here I am; bear witness against me before G‑d and before His anointed; whose ox did I take, or whose donkey did I take, or whom did I rob; or whom did I oppress, or from whose hand did I take a bribe..." This echoes Moses' statement in this week's Torah reading: "I have not taken a donkey from a single one of them, and I have not harmed a single one of them." The nation gathers at Gilgal for a second coronation of King Saul—the first one having lacked a convincing consensus.